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Broadgate’s David Powell and Amanda Hope, Advanced’s UK business development manager
One of London’s most high-profile commercial property management firms has entrusted the safety of staff to Advanced Fire Systems as part of a multi-million pound investment programme.
Thirteen landmark buildings managed by Broadgate Estates have already been fitted with Advanced’s MxPro fire panels, ranging from simple three-panel networks to more complex installations with 60 or more panels. Every fire system is linked to the local building management system (BMS) and monitored from a central control room.
“We are committed to maintaining our estate to the highest possible standards and this includes updating or replacing fire systems,” says Broadgate Systems technical systems manager David Powell. “We evaluated a number of products and settled on Advanced’s MxPro range as they are easy to use and very robust.”
Advanced’s flagship range of multiprotocol panels MxPro offers a choice of two-panel ranges, four-detector protocols and a completely open installer network with free training and support.
The 13 buildings equipped so far include 159 MxPro panels twinned with detectors, sounders and other peripheral devices from Apollo and Hochiki, both long-standing partners of Advanced.
Says Amanda Hope, Advanced’s UK business development manager: “For clients like this one, with property portfolios valued at billions of pounds, high quality and reliable fire systems are absolutely essential.
“We’ve worked closely with the in-house team and their installers to ensure that each building has a system which is high performance, easy to use and offers future flexibility.
“The performance and flexibility of the MxPro range makes it well suited to all manner of installations. It can scale quickly from single panel single loop to cover huge, challenging sites with 200 network nodes and 1000s of field devices.”
Advanced MxPro 5 panels are fully approved to EN54 Part 13, a compatibility and integrity standard for checking all transmission paths for loop, sounder and network loading.
The Northumberland-based company has also provided custom-built panels and control units for several buildings via its AdSpecials division.
Advanced products include complete fire detection systems, multi-protocol fire panels, extinguishing control and fire paging systems.
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Advanced Fire Systems Wins Big Contract With Broadgate EstatesA high-profile property management firms has entrusted the safety of staff to Advanced Fire Systems as part of a multi-million pound programme.
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